Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson shares a poem she wrote sparked by a childhood memory — but she didn't let reality get ...

In their new collections, Jazz Money and Elfie Shiosaki tackle pressing themes of time, respect and resistance.

Jacobs, the founder of Yetzirah: A Hearth for Jewish Poetry, has written two previously acclaimed collections: Pelvis with ...

February, and the events of this year so far have not inspired much optimism. Diversity, equity and inclusion programs are being slashed, hundreds of people have lost their homes to fires and members ...

For a while, I actually felt kind of embarrassed by this. I thought that somehow I was on a lower intellectual level than everyone else and maybe I just didn’t have that depth. Later on, when I got ...

At 45, Almadhoun now has five poetry collections to his name and his poems have been translated into ... you could hide the real meaning behind your words with metaphors. Metaphors would save ...

Throughout history, poets have captured the essence of love, desire, longing, and devotion in their verses. Romantic poetry ...

Ugandan comedy was once feted as the wave of the future. Today, English-speaking comedians have retreated, with Ugandan jokesters declaring they make more money from paying audiences abroad ...

In my mind, these comprise “A Redemption of Goldfinches”, for this is how the words feel ... must surely have prompted titles of Padel’s earlier poetry in Darwin: A Life in Poems.

McCrae’s work obsessively retreads paths through Heaven, history, and eternal torment. What can we learn from his relentless ...

And, of course, escapism is a supply-and-demand business. As the world requires more of the people in it, it also offers more ...

Faiz Ahmad Faiz is a poet of this family, the family of which Persian poet Nazeeri Nishapuri said, “The one who is not killed ...